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The arrival of spring with its sunshine and showers can lift all our spirits but it’s also a great time to spot wildlife as the birds begin their nesting season, blossom blooms in the lengthening days and mammals turn their minds to mating and motherhood.

This week, I’ve literally been springing out of bed, this is due to the sunrise finally aligning with the time my alarm goes off and the early morning bird song providing a much more calming wakeup call than the harsh tones of my standard alarm.

This is the wildlife seen one afternoon last week driving down the Portway with the grandsons. Peregrine above the suspension bridge, the amazing grazing goats clinging to a cliff, and two whales. That’s right – head of humpback, tail of a blue, spyhopping and fluking into Avon Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve on the Portway, just before Sea Mills. We were absolutely delighted!

Under the silver light of a full moon she looks positively irresistible. It’s been a few months since she last had a night out, but as the chill of winter subsides, her desire for a bit of New Year romance drives her to finding a suitor.

With it being World Wetlands Day on Tuesday I thought I’d try and find out more about the wildlife that makes a home on the wetland reserves around Bristol and I discovered a melodrama transpiring behind the reedbeds.

Now is the time of year to look out for the peregrine falcon, as they perform remarkable aerial acrobatics above the city of Bristol. It’s mating season and these masters of the skies are out to impress.